Archive for the 'Holidays' Category



The Perfect Gift to Self

Published on December 11, 2007

Christmas is festive. It’s great for women who love shopping, Christmas sweaters, cinnamon and spice and all that glittery stuff. While us men are outside toiling with the tangled Christmas lights, loading and unloading the sappy tree, we have to have some payoff.  Eggnog may be the answer….


Farolitos versus Luminarias

Published on December 10, 2007

As the classic duet goes:
“You like potato and I like potayto,
You like tomato and I like tomayto;
Potato, potayto, tomato, tomayto!
Let’s call the whole thing off!”
Of course, Fred and Ginger were kidding and they danced and skated off blissfully.


Let ‘em Eat Fruitcake!

Published on December 7, 2007

Everyone’s heard the joke about there being only one fruitcake in existence, which has just been passed back and forth as a Christmas gift.
I’ve been told many times that a real fruitcake is delicious, and bears little resemblance to the sweet, rubbery doorstop my parents used to receive in a gift tin when I was […]


Setting Up The Tree

Published on November 19, 2007

Today I helped some friends set up a Christmas tree.  It’s a fake tree which is okay with me, but I would really rather have a real one when I get one for my own place.  But something was bugging me as I was unloading the tree.  My car thermometer read 77 degrees today.  Looks […]